SpaceX has bought two offshore oil rigs that it will convert into floating spaceports for use on future mission to the Moon and Mars. The huge portable platforms will one day act as launchpads for the ...

Private space company SpaceX has purchased two deepwater oil rigs that will eventually be used as floating launch pads for its future endeavors. The purchases were made last year, according to a new ...

Transocean Ltd. has secured a 365-day contract for the 12,000-ft drillship Deepwater Atlas with bp in the US GOM. Norwegian operator Aker BP has extended the contract for Saipem’s 10,000-ft semisub ...

Public records dug up by reporters for NASASpaceflight show that SpaceX bought two deepwater oil rigs last summer in order to convert them into floating launchpads. The Elon Musk-led space company ...

SpaceX has bought two huge oil rigs to convert into floating spaceports for its Mars-bound Starship spacecraft. Named Phobos and Deimos, after the two Martian moons, SpaceX intends the massive ...

The first new floating facility to produce crude at a $1 billion project operated by China Concord Resources Corp in ...

Oslo-listed floating rig contractors Odfjell Drilling and Awilco Drilling saw mixed financial fortunes in the first quarter as Odfjell lifted profits on longer-term contracts that have insulated it ...

The Noble Jim Day dwarfed the small tugboats pushing the hulking offshore oil rig down the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and out into the Gulf of Mexico. The floating rig — one of the world’s largest at ...

The offshore rig market is experiencing a period of rapid growth, driven by notable advancements in Guyana, Brazil, and the Middle East, infill drilling activities in West Africa, and renewed ...